Peter Anderson's dispatches from the western slope of the Sangre de Cristos appeared for many years in Colorado Central Magazine and the Crestone Eagle. Riding the Wheel gathers and distills many of those seasonal meditations into a lyrical almanac, which affirms and celebrates the great wheel of life.
Heading Home begins with Peter Anderson's dharma-bum passion for the road, which leads him through the mountains and deserts of thr American West, and eventually lands him in an eccentric end-of-the-road town fill of mystics, misfits, and mountain dwellers. This book is a gathering of "field notes"--observations, recollections, and stories along the way, where home is understood as a work in progress and the way is a road that never ends. Winner of the Colorado Authors League Award for Nonfiction and the National Indie Excellence Award for Regional Nonfiction (Southwest).
In these contemplative essays written for seekers and adventurers of all kinds, Peter Anderson explores the scripture of place, the topography of memory, and the landscape of the imagination.
Going Down Grand, the first full-length anthology of Grand Canyon poetry, gathers the voices of cowboys, explorers, river-runners, hikers, artists, geologists, rangers, and others whose words bear witness to this complex and magnificent place. For readers on the river, the trails, the rim, or beyond, the poems on these pages will make fine canyon company.
Edited by Peter Anderson and Rick Kempa and nominated for a Colorado Book Award.
Reading Colorado, winner of a 2024 Colorado Book Award, ia a high-octane road trip through the diverse literary landscapes of the Centennial State, that gathers narratives of exploration, stories from the mining and agricultural frontiers, urban tales reflecting the emergence and growth of Denver and the Front Range, and a diverse range of contemporary voices, from the Plains to the Peaks, who invite readers into their home territory.